The first three days build the same foundation as our short course. Days 4 and 5 are where this package earns its name: you ride the Gulmarg Gondola to Kongdoori at around 3,100 m and ski long descents on real mountain terrain, working from matched turns into genuine parallel skiing.
That progression, beginner to parallel in five days, is possible because you have one instructor to yourself for every hour of it.
What's included
- Airport pick-up and drop: Srinagar (SXR) both ways
- 3-star or 4-star hotel stay with breakfast and dinner included
- Complete ski equipment fitted on arrival
- All essential safety gear: helmet, goggles, gloves
- Ski pants and jacket
- All ski lift passes for the beginner and intermediate slopes used in the course
- Gondola Phase 1 ski passes: Kongdoori, approx. 3,100 m
- One-to-one ski instruction throughout
- Daily transport hotel to slopes to hotel
- Emergency medical support on call
Day by day
Day 1, Standing, sliding, stopping
Equipment fitting and binding check, then the Baby Slope. Athletic stance, moving on flat snow, side-stepping and herringbone, falling and recovering efficiently, and the snowplough, speed control and a reliable stop on command.
Day 2, Linking turns
Snowplough turns in both directions, traversing, and using the beginner lift. Once your stops are dependable we move to the 8-5 slope for longer runs, more speed to manage, and slope awareness: reading pitch, judging stopping distance, right of way.
Day 3, Full runs at Highland Park
Longer descents, turns linked top to bottom, and the first work on matching your skis at the end of each turn. Pole use, rhythm, and enough repetition that skiing a full run stops feeling like a series of separate decisions.
Day 4, Gondola Phase 1, Kongdoori
Your first mountain day. The Gondola takes you from the Gulmarg base at 2,650 m up to Kongdoori at around 3,100 m, and the descent back down is longer and more varied than anything you have skied so far, changing pitch, changing snow, other skiers to read.
The technical work is the stem christie: starting a turn from a wedge and finishing it with both skis matched and on edge. This is the bridge to parallel skiing, and Day 4 is where most people first feel their skis running together instead of fighting each other.
Day 5, Parallel turns
Wedge out, parallel in. You'll work on initiating turns with edge and pressure rather than by pushing the tail out, build rhythm through medium-radius turns, and then take it down the full Kongdoori descent repeatedly until it holds up under fatigue, which is the real test of whether a skill has stuck.
We finish the day skiing top to bottom together, with your instructor riding behind you rather than in front.
What you'll be able to do at the end
- Ski parallel turns on groomed intermediate terrain
- Ski Gondola Phase 1 descents from Kongdoori confidently, top to bottom
- Control speed and line on varied pitch and varied snow
- Ride the Gondola and the beginner lifts independently
- Read terrain well enough to choose your own line down a familiar run
If you want to go further, the chairlift above Kongdoori, steeper pitch, and first turns in soft snow, that's the 7-Day Beginner Ski Package.
Not included
Airfare to Srinagar, lunch, personal expenses, travel insurance, ski clothing unless added on. GST where applicable
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